[ Transactional ] as a Relevant Course outside SLS for those interested in International Finance : Finance courses cover many issues that are important for a typical business lawyer’s clients, particularly the chief executive and financial officers in a company. Students should consider taking 1 or more classes that teach basic principles of corporate finance from the perspective of a financial manager.
Students should first select the law school course on Corporate Finance for a basic understanding of the capital structure of corporations.

[ Academia ] [ Litigation ] [ Regulatory & Policy ] [ Transactional ] as a Relevant Course outside SLS for those interested in Finance : Valuation and credibility of financial statements are among the critical issues in an acquisition context, so a student interested in M&A transactions will find 1 or more Finance courses useful. In addition to providing tools for assessing a company's past performance and current financial condition, these courses offer techniques for forecasting and valuation and also cover matters relevant to corporate governance and disclosure requirements that may be required by investors or by government regulators.
Students should first select the law school course on Corporate Finance for a basic understanding of the capital structure of corporations.

General course
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International financial markets, their comparative behavior and interrelations. Focus is on assets traded in liquid markets: currencies, equities, bonds, swaps, and derivatives. Topics: institutional arrangements, taxation and regulation, international arbitrage and parity conditions, valuation of target firms for cross-border acquisitions, direct foreign investment, international diversification and portfolio management, derivative instruments and dynamic investment strategies, international performance analysis, international capital flows and financial crises, and topics of current relevance and importance.

Course Style: A Substantive course teaches the law, theory, and policy in a particular area of law